I believe you may be thinking of the Free Church of England, Victoria, which
was in Moore Street Fitzroy at the time you are talking about.

The word "Free" had nothing whatsoever to do with the charging of fees, or
not charging. It referred to being free of the "establishment". i.e. the
Church of England was the established church, by law. The Free Church was
NOT established. The GSV holds works on this denomination. Call number at
the GSV library is 994.53005 BAL

| Hi Joyce, Iris and others,
|
| A few of my relatives were married in the Free Church of Victoria, in Moor
Street
| Fitzroy by the Rev. Nathaniel Kinsman. I believe that Nathaniel called it
the 'free
| church' because he didn't charge fees for marriage or baptisms. It was an
Anglican
| church and not free as in 'free-thinking'. Nathaniel became a very wealthy
man. I do
| not recall the source of his wealth.
|
| I had the opinion that my relatives went there because the service was
free, not
| because they were members of that congregation.
|
| The building is still there in Fitzroy.
|
| Cheers, Chrisy Dennis
|
| Iris Wood wrote:
|
| > hi Joyce
| > Yes this was my the original understanding too. However all my
certificates show
| > "by licence" and none "by banns". Also they were all from different
churches.
| > After one listener pointed out about getting married at home I looked at
| > certificates again and couldn't see a church name. So I then agreed if
they got
| > married at home they couldn't have banns read and therefore would have
to be
| > married by licence. Then again I have certificates from The Free Church
of
| > Victoria at Fitzroy and they also stated they married by licence. Once
again no
| > actual Church name, so still could have been married at home. I agree if
you
| > didn't want to wait 3 weeks for banns to be read you paid up and there
is no
| > doubt at least one of mine was in a hurry to get married.
| > I will make 100% sure and promise to ring the Catholic archives on
Monday.
| > many thanks
| > Iris
| >
| > wrote:
| >
| > > My understanding of being married by licence, which you had to pay
for, is
| > > that you were able to marry immediately whereas when you married by
Banns,
| > > you had to wait for the Banns to be read out for each of the 3 weeks
| > > preceeding the marriage.
| > > Joyce
| > > -------------------------------------
| > > Name: Joyce Tomasi
| > > E-mail:
| > > Date: 07/24/99
| > > Time: 10:58:27
| > >
| > > Researching: Ireland:
Doherty/Fitzgerald/Hannelly/Sloane/Sullivan/Waldron
| > >
| > > Essex: Philpot/Prior
| > > Liverpool: Roberts
| > > Oxfordshire: Coleman/Mitchell
| > > Germany: Mehl/Weber
| > > Italy:
| > > Tomasi/Semenza/Boffelli/Natini/Pasquinelli/Dall'Occhio/Pavani
| > > -------------------------------------
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